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| Patient awaits tests for rabies | Patient awaits tests for rabies |
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| Further tests are being carried out by the Eastern Health Board to confirm whether a patient has rabies. | Further tests are being carried out by the Eastern Health Board to confirm whether a patient has rabies. |
| Initial tests were positive. The patient had been abroad but began to feel unwell after they had been home for several months. | |
| The board said it was leading a multi-agency investigation but stressed the risk to the wider community was 'negligible'. | The board said it was leading a multi-agency investigation but stressed the risk to the wider community was 'negligible'. |
| The patient is being treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. | The patient is being treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. |